In Praise of the Run-On Sentence
You’ve heard since middle school that short, punchy sentences are the epitome of good writing. I’m calling BS on that.
The Proofer’s Dilemma, Part 2
The proofing process was a lot different for book three.
Excerpt from Shredded, Chapter 8 – Circles of Hell
Grace encounters a writer who just wants to write in this excerpt from Shredded Chapter 8, Circles of Hell.
Mostly True
Mr. Card is the biggest man in Columbia Valley, and he means to keep us safe.
Blessed Event
Janet is having a baby. Meanwhile, Pat muses about the responsibilities of parenthood.
Inside Edelman
Joe Edelman is a marketing man’s marketing man. But even Joe has trouble navigating Trump’s America.
Writing Exercise – Show, Don’t Tell
From John Gardner’s The Art of Fiction. Write a passage describing a building, a landscape, or an object, but imagine that you’re writing from a particular point of view. Try to evoke the feelings of the narrator without mentioning them. Here are two examples.
Matt Bugatti returns in “Moment of Conception”
A mysterious epidemic strikes down young girls, their gruesome deaths the object of speculation from every political and ideological quarter, as a wave of abortion clinic bombings terrorizes the nation.
Interview With A Middle Schooler
I got a fun email from my niece today. She’s helping out a friend whose seventh-grade daughter is an aspiring novelist. The email was addressed to me (self-published author) and my sister (actually published-published author) and included a short interview. I include it here with my answers.
Excerpts from the 2014 Columbus State Community College Writers Conference
This was my third time attending the Writer’s Conference at CSCC, the tenth in the series.
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